Buzzword alert: Microservices and IoT at a DevOps conference? What could possibly go wrong?
In this Power Panel at DevOps Summit, moderated by Jason Bloomberg, the leading expert on architecting agility for the enterprise and president of Intellyx, panelists will peel away the buzz and discuss the important architectural principles behind implementing IoT solutions for the enterprise. As remote IoT devices and sensors become increasingly intelligent, they become part of our distributed cloud environment, and we must architect and code accordingly. At the very least, you’ll have no problem filling in your buzzword bingo cards.
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Power Panel @CloudExpo New York | #IoT #DevOps #Docker #Microservices
Discussions about cloud computing are evolving into discussions about enterprise IT in general. As enterprises increasingly migrate toward their own unique clouds, new issues such as the use of containers and microservices emerge to keep things interesting.
In this Power Panel at 16th Cloud Expo, moderated by Conference Chair Roger Strukhoff, panelists will address the state of cloud computing today, and what enterprise IT professionals need to know about how the latest topics and trends affect their organization.
Keep CALM And Embrace #DevOps By @Momskij | @DevOpsSummit [#IoT #Microservices]
There are not many times in my career that I am going to be able to quote Will Smith, but in the “Will2K” video, Will states “You Never Know Where You Are Going Until You Know Where You Have Been”. For me, this summarizes why measurements and metrics are so important. Unless you can understand where you are right now then there is no way to understand whether you have been successful in regards to an initiative, in this case, DevOps adoption. Choosing the right DevOps measurements is important to eliciting the right behavior amongst IT teams, ensuring that they know what they need to focus on and, key to making sure that you are delivering the right value to the business.
CloudBees buys ClinkerHQ to strengthen Jenkins cloud
CloudBees has acquired ClinkerHQ to strengthen its cloud-based Jenkins CI service
Belgium-based CloudBees has acqui-hired ClinkerHQ, a continuous delivery and open source software development specialist based in Spain.
CloudBees was originally founded as a java platform as a service, but the company now focuses almost exclusively on providing solutions based on Jenkins CI, which includes a cloud-based version of the continuous integration and job execution monitoring platform. ClinkerHQ offers a software development and monitoring ecosystem that boasts strong native integration with Jenkins CI among other open source technologies, but both platforms are quite similar.
CloudBees said the two DevOps’y companies will complement one another and help bolster the reach of CloudBees’ service.
“To serve the growing requirements of our customers and meet the needs of organizations investing in continuous delivery, CloudBees needs to extend its talent base and development resources,” said Sacha Labourey, chief executive officer and founder of CloudBees.
“ClinkerHQ’s experience in product development and consulting on Jenkins and CD-related projects will bring a unique combination of deep industry experience to the CloudBees product management and engineering teams,” Labourey added.
The acquisition will see ClinkerHQ’s seven-person team join CloudBees, including the company’s founders Antonio Muniz and Manuel Recena.
“We are excited to join such a highly respected organization as CloudBees and contribute to the industry-leading work being done in the continuous delivery area with Jenkins,” Muniz said.
The companies said ClinkerHQ customers will be given the option of moving to the CloudBees or staying on ClinkerHQ until the end of their contract.
CloudBees’ $23.5m funding round in January this year put the company in a good position to make small acquisitions like ClinkerHQ, which has a very similar offering. In fact, back in February, when Jenkins celebrated its 10th anniversary as an open source project, a blog post penned by ClinkerHQ co-founder and chief executive Recena alludes to this very fact when he thanks companies committed to open source tech broadly speaking.
“And, on that last point, we must give a special mention to CloudBees. We say this last point in a low voice so no-one can hear us, as we say in Spain. More than a few times we’ve had to answer the questions: ‘What does ClinkerHQ provide compared to CloudBees?’ and ‘Why would ClinkerHQ be a better solution?’”
IBM backs WayBlazer, Sellpoints to show its commitment to Watson
IBM is investing in companies that use the Watson cloud service
IBM announced this week it has invested in two companies, WayBlazer and Sellpoints, which are using cognitive computing to enhance their travel planning and shopping applications. The move seems intended to show IBM’s commitment to Watson-as-a-service, the company’s cloud-based cognitive computing service which launched last year.
WayBlazer, a travel planning and shopping service, uses IBM’s Watson cloud service to help personalise holidays and create personalised travel recommendations for each customer from a slew of social and financial data.
Sellpoint uses Watson to do much the same thing, but for large retail and manufacturing firms looking to bolster their ecommerce sites without having to invest loads by way of internal development resource.
IBM said the investments in WayBlazer and Sellpoint were part of a $5m series A and $7.5m series C funding round, respectively, but the company declined to disclose the financial terms of its involvement.
“IBM is committed to helping our partners accelerate the development and delivery of Watson enabled apps into market where we see endless opportunities for cognitive computing to transform entire industries,” said Stephen Gold, vice president, IBM Watson. “WayBlazer and Sellpoints are terrific examples of how cognitive computing technology can be used to help organizations redefine customer engagement and drive much deeper, meaningful and relevant consumer experiences.”
Brian O’Keefe, chief executive officer of Sellpoints said: “With the natural language and cognitive computing capabilities of Watson, we’re able to deliver a more personalized, relevant and enjoyable experience, and drive a much deeper level of engagement with customers.”
IBM said the investments were part of the $100m it committed to Watson last year. But it hasn’t always made it clear that it was pursuing direct investments into companies willing to use its technology, which could be an expensive proposition in the long run. The company continues to be relatively quiet on the financial performance of the Watson unit.
The Art of DevOps | @DevOpsSummit [#DevOps #Containers #Microservices]
In this 4-part blog series, I am exposing DevOps best practices using a metaphor inspired by the famous 6th century Chinese manuscript: “The Art of War.” It is worth reminding that Sun Tzu, just like me, considered war as a necessary evil, which must be avoided whenever possible. What are we fighting for here? Ultimately, we’re fighting for the absolute best services and features that we can deliver to our customers as quickly as we possibly can, and to eliminate the “War Room” scenario we are all so familiar with.
Announcing @EnterpriseDB to Exhibit at @CloudExpo [#Cloud #DevOps #Docker]
SYS-CON Events announced today that EnterpriseDB (EDB), the leading worldwide provider of enterprise-class Postgres products and database compatibility solutions, will exhibit at SYS-CON’s 16th International Cloud Expo®, which will take place on June 9-11, 2015, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY.
EDB is the largest provider of Postgres software and services that provides enterprise-class performance and scalability and the open source freedom to divert budget from more costly traditional solutions to more strategic data-driven initiatives. EDB’s Postgres Plus Cloud Database provides the same Postgres databases that are available on-premises, giving customers the ability to easily move their databases to and from the cloud.
DaaS: Mobile and Secure Desktops On Any Device, Anywhere
To meet growing business demands efficiently, organizations are turning to virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI). When paired with a connection broker, VDI offers a centralized and simplified desktop management system with improved security and a rich end user experience. However, the cost and complexity involved in managing VDI networks is a concern for small and medium-sized […]
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Tech Mahindra Joins @GENBAND Kandy Ecosystem | @ThingsExpo [#WebRTC]
GENBAND has announced that Tech Mahindra, a global leader in digital transformation, consulting and business re-engineering solutions has joined the GENBAND Kandy Partner Ecosystem. The alliance with Kandy enables Tech Mahindra to quickly deliver innovative, real time communications capabilities for enterprises and service providers around the world. Tech Mahindra is creating a center-of-excellence dedicated to leveraging the entire Kandy communications Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS).
“We teamed with GENBAND because Kandy combines the best of both a carrier-strength backbone and a leading-edge PaaS that can quickly deploy real time communications capabilities across every industry and every business process,” said Ranganath R. Iyengar, Head of Product Engineering, Tech Mahindra. “We look forward to helping our customers create new sources of value and revenue from the Kandy toolset.”
Private Cloud-in-a-Box By @KellyMurphyGS | @CloudExpo #DevOps #Docker
In his session at 16th Cloud Expo, Kelly Murphy, Founder and Chief Technology Officer at Gridstore, will discuss the design and deployment of a Private Cloud-in-a-Box, with HyperConverged All-Flash Infrastructure including the following key points:
Requirements and considerations when designing and deploying Private Cloud-in-a-Box
Why HCI makes Private Cloud-in-a-Box easy and cost-efficient
Best practices and what to watch for in your deployment
Session attendees will learn how the first affordable All-Flash Hyper-Converged infrastructure that is purpose-built for Microsoft Cloud environments can reduce their infrastructure costs by 4x-8x while radically simplifying their environment and lower their management costs by up to 10x.